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General dermatology is the mainstay of most dermatological consultations at our hospital, however, paediatric and geriatric dermatology are also a part of the routine practice of the department. Diseases associated with haematological problems are seen in joint consultation with a haematologist. Similarly, chronic renal failure (CRF) and its related skin manifestations are jointly handled along with a nephrologist.

Patients can be only admitted by consulting doctors of the department.

Hair Clinic

Special attention is paid to patients with hair loss.
For female patients, hormonal profiling and ultrasound are performed routinely to rule out polycystic ovaries. Trichogram analysis is carried out on all patients.

They are also put through various diagnostic tests, including serum iron level, serum ferritin level and thyroid function. Based on the nature of the abnormality, patients are often treated in concordance with an haematologist or endocrinologist.

Acanthosis Nigricans

Patients (usually obese patients) with excessive darkening and thickening of skin in the body folds, specially the armpit, are investigated using various tests such as fasting sugar level, serum insulin level, lipid profile and measurement of weight and percentage body fat (or body mass index). Female patients are subjected to ultrasound to detect the presence of cystic ovaries.

Acne Rosacea Clinic

All patients with acne, especially females, are assessed for their hormonal status. Isotretinoin is routinely prescribed and gives excellent results. Biopsy is always performed to exclude the possibilities of other diseases.

Psoriasis

The department attracts large number of patients with psoriasis because excellent results have been obtained by offering a combination therapy that could include oral calcium, oral omega-3, oral isotretinoin, oral methotrexate or cyclosporine along with UVB therapy. Once patients go into remission, they are put on maintenance PUVA therapy (a combination of UVA and chemical psoralen).

Atopic Dermatitis

The treatment results of atopic dermatitis (eczema), both in adults and children, have been very encouraging.

Cosmetology

o Hyperpigmentation cosmetology procedures are carried out to treat hyperpigmentation, especially melasma
o Chemical peels with alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) of different concentrations are used for treatment

Dermatosurgery

o Micropunch graft and thin Thiersch's graft are used for treating vitiligo patients
o Acne scars are revised by radiofrequency knife and, at times, chemically by the application of 50% trichloroacetic acid (TCA). Superficial acne scars are also subjected to chemical peels as a form of skin polishing
o Filler Injections: Restylane and Perlane injections are used to obliterate the nasolabial fold for giving a rejuvenated, younger look
o Botox injections are used to remove frown lines, crow’s feet and worry lines
o Non-surgical facelifts
o Procedures including medical tattooing for treating lips, vitiligo and recreating eyebrows are performed with great results
o Earlobe repair with TCA application
o Shave excision, thin Thiersch's graft for vitiligo and non-healing ulcers
o Paring of corns with cryotherapy
o Removal of molluscum with curette
o Electrocautery and cryotherapy of warts

Projects

o Erythema nodosum (EN) is a manifestation of mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in India–to be confirmed by establishing the presence of MTB by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in skin biopsies. Forty adult patients with EN will be studied to establish the above hypothesis.o Hyperinsulinemia is a marker of acanthosis nigricans (AN), polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and obesity and serum lipid abnormalities in females. A study was carried out on 30 female patients suffering from AN with 30 age-sex matched females as control.o Oral corticosteroids along with anti-leprosy drugs prevent nerve damage. A comparative study of leprosy patients, with more than two patches, was carried out by giving concomitant corticosteroid treatment in a randomized control trial.

DR Banani is an aesthetic Dermatologist from Mumbai and practicing cosmetology and dermatology for last 8 and half years after post graduation in South Mumbai, having the experience and expertise in performing all kinds of cosmetology and dermatology procedures independently and as a team.

Dr. Deepti Ghia is an expert dermatologist who has graduated from premier institutes such as Nair Hospital-Mumbai, PGI-Chandigarh and Henry Ford hospital-Detroit, USA and specializes in treating skin, hair and nail disorders.

She has been practicing in south Mumbai for 10 yrs and in addition to practice, she is a Leukoderma Surgeon at Mulekar Vitiligo Clinic. She also ensures that she takes time out to see patients at a charitable institute called A.K. Munshi Yojana. She has been the dermatology expert for Glaxo Smith Kline, India from the year 2016-2018.

Her passion for dermatology has led her to write several articles for national and international journals. She is on the surgical committee board of the Global Vitiligo Foundation, USA and is the current Joint Secretary of the Indian Association of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy (IADVL), Maharashtra branch. She is part of the organizing committee of the Cosmetic Dermatology society of India.

1. Imrich Sarkany Award from European Academy of Dermatologists 2.Strauss and Katz Award from the American Association of Dermatology 3. Arvind Lonkar Award for the best thesis of Maharashtra 4. A. C. Parikh award for the best case report.5. The rising star award from World congress of dermatology Canada. 6. Best paper from Asian pigment cell research group.

Brief write up
Dr Maithili Kamat is a consultant dermatologist and trichologist. She has been practising since last 20 years.

After securing first ranks in both her dermatology qualifying examinations (MD & DDV)- Mumbai, she received a year long training in Research in Basic Science at University of Bern, Switzerland & 3 months of intensive training in 'Applications of lasers in dermatology' at Institute of Laser Medicine, Ulm, Germany.

She practices medicine in a holistic manner. She believes that skin, being a mirror of internal organs, a dermatologist also needs to address other issues like nutrition, hormones, weight control while managing a skin/ hair concern. Be it a Pediatric, Geriatric skin disorder or a cosmetic skin concern each one has its own challenges and demands which she believes in addressing with empathy and equal attention.

Aesthetic Dermatology where patients are guided on optimal skin and hair care. Rejuvenation and anti-ageing options through routine consultations and aesthetic procedures are also conducted.

Brief write up

Dr. Malavika Kohli is a well established Dermatologist and one of the pioneers of Aesthetic Dermatology in India with twenty years of experience in the field of Aesthetic Dermatology. She is the Director of Skin Secrets which is a Dermatology and Aesthetics Centre of excellence, located in South Mumbai. At ‘Skin Secrets’ along with her team she routinely consults and counsels patients for all Dermatology related disorders and diseases. Always ahead with technology she has multiple lasers and light systems for hair removal, photo rejuvenation, skin tightening and fractional skin resurfacing. Enhancing and rejuvenation procedures such as botox, fillers, skin tightening and scar reductions are performed at her centre. She has been one of the first to introduce Mesotherapy and Lipolysis treatments in the country.

MD DVD DDV FAAD
CONSULTANT DERMATOLOGIST PRACTICING IN MUMBAI FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS
FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGY
MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGY
MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS
MEMBER OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS VENEREOLOGISTS LEPTOLOGISTS
SPECIAL INTEREST IN PSYCHODERMATOLOGY,GENERAL DERMATOLOGY,HAIR LOSS,PIGEMENTATIOM,ACNE
AUTHORED AN ABSTRACT BOOK ON URTICARIA ,AND A COLLECTION OF 4 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE OF CONSULTATION,RESEARCH IN DERMATOLOGY
DELIVERED AN ORATION ON PRACTICAL PSYCHODERMATOLOGY IMA WEST JUHU IN 2017
DELIVERED AROUND 100 LECTURES TO FAMILY PHYSICIANS ON DIAGNOSIS OF COMMON SKIN DISEASES
AUTHOR OF MINI COLOUR ATLAS OF COMMON SKIN DISEASES FOR THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
CIRCULATING MONTHLY, A FLIER REGISTERED, TITLE, `THEATRE OF THE SOUL ` TO CONSULTANTS IN DERMATOLOGY,ALL OVER INDIA AND CONSULTANT MEMBERS OF` ASSOCIATION OF MUMBAI CONSULTANTS(AMC)` .
RECIPIENT OF LOREAL RESEARCH GRANT IN `HEAT DAMAGED HAIR-A LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY STUDY`.
VISITING CONSULTANT DERMATOLOGIST SALGAONKAR MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE GOA
WAS VISITING CONSULTANT DERMATOLOGIST AL AMAL MEDICAL CENTRE ,MUSCAT OMAN,FOR 22 YEARS.
COMPLETED RESEARCH ON CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES OF LICHEN PLANUS,LICHEN AMYLOIDOSIS,ACNE EXCORIEE,URTICARIA AND METABOLIC SYNDROME.
ONGOING RESEARCH ON HAIR MORPHOLOGY, HEAT DAMAGED HAIR, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF DERMATOLOGY OUTPATIENTS,MELASMA AND METABOLIC SYNDROME.
STUDIES COMPLETED ON DRUG RESISTANCE IN HIV NAIVE AND HIV TREATED PATIENTS,SEROPREVALENCE OF HIV,HBSAg,HCV IN A TERTIARY HOSPTAL SET UP,HORMONAL PROFILE IN ACNE,ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS A MARKER OF HYPERINSULINEMIA
MANY PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS,FEW PUBLICATIONS IN A INHOUSE JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE,JOURNAL
PRESIDENT OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS,LEPROLOGISTS AND VENEREOLOGISTS MAHARASHTRA BRANCH IN 1992
CONVENOR OF THE HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMME OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS VENEREOLOGISTS LEPROLOGISTS MAHARASHTRA BRANCH FOR 14 YEARS FROM 1994.
CONDUCTED DRUG TRIALS FOR PFIZER INDIA LTD ON AZITHROMYCIN IN SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS AND IN NON GONO COCCAL URETHRITIS IN 1996
CONDUCTED A TRIAL FOR BYER INDIA ON MOXIFLOXACIN IN SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS
CONDUCTED A TRIAL ON BUSPIRONE IN ATOPIC DERMATIS,A DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROL FOR MERIND INDIA
CONDUCTED A TRIAL ON AN AYURVEDIC CREAM IN FUNGAL INFECTIONS FOR MERIND INDIA
CONDUCTED A TRIAL ON TAZAROTENE IN PSORIASIS

Awards/Fellowship

"Life Time Achievement Award conferred by IADVL Maharashtra Branch

Best poster award at the National conference twice the recipient

Won a Quiz competition at a World Congress of Dermatology

Best poster award at the Practising Dermatology Quarterly session of the IADVL Mah Branch

Oration given at the Maharashtra Ophthalmology Association

Research Grant awarded by the IADVL Loreal on Hair damage due to Heat in Hair treatments "